Improvement in perambulators



T; GALT.

Improvement in Permbu-Ylators..

j gw (A the carriage or perambulator.

` by a thumb-screw, h.

from the under side of the carriage-body for PATENT QFFIOE.

THOMAS GALT, OF ROOK ISLAND, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PERAMBULATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters'Patent No. 129,941, dated July 30, 1872.

Speciiication describing a new and Improved Perambulator, invented by THOMAS GALT, of Rock Island, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois. i

Figure 1 represents a sectional side view of my improved perambulator. Fig. 2 is a sectional side view of the same, showing the handle reversed; and Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

This invention relates to a new perambulator-whose handle is connected with the front axle, to' steer by means ofthe front wheels. The invention consists in a new manner .of connecting the'handle with the axle; also, in a reversible feature, which allows the handle to be applied to the front of the vehicle to convert it into a four-wheeled carriage that is drawn forward instead of pushed. The invention also consists in the u'se of stops on the j under side `of the carriage for arresting the perambulator-handle during the side motin,

and preventing it from becoming disconnected from the axle. j

A in the drawing represents the body of It is in rear supported by wheels B B, and in front by i wheels O O. The'front wheels are hung to the front axle D, which is at a pivoted totthe body `A or to a cross-bar, b-that is, by springs" d d connected with the body A. -From the axle D projects backward a hinged hound, E, whose extreme end is slotted land caused to straddle a pin, e. 1 This pin projects from the `front end of a lever, F, pivoted at f to the under side of the body A. G is the handle of the perambulator. Its front end is inserted in i a loop, g, projecting from the rear end of the lever F, and is fastened to the `said lever t' i are stops projecting .the handle G to strike against during its side motions. Whenever the handle Gr is moved aside-fi. e., vibrated together with or as an extension of thelever F on ``'the pivot f-the of the stopst, can be swung `aside suiiiciently j far to withdraw the pin e from the slot in the hound. The axleD is then disconnected from the lever F, and can be entirely revolved to bring the hound E to the front, as in Fig. 2. The handle.G can then be inserted-in a loop, l, at the end of the hound, and fastened there by the thumb-screw h, as shown in Fig. 2. The device is then converted into a carriage7 from a perambulaton It is evident that the pin e may be attached to the hound E and the slot formed onthelever F, instead of the reverse. The'lever F, instead of being pivoted directly to the under side of the carriagebody, may be pivoted to a cross-bar, whichv connects the springs above the rear axle, as

indicated in the drawing.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The lever F pivoted under the carriage A and connected by slot and pin e with the hound E of the front axle D, to become vdetached by side motion, as set forth.`

2. The stops 5 i formed under the carriage A, and arranged, in combination with the detachable handle G of the leyer F, as set forth.

3. The hinged hound E on the front axle D, when provided with the loop l to receive the handle G, and made reversible, as specified.

v THOMAS GALT.

Witnesses:

`HENRY CURTIS, Jr.,

OHARLEs W. ONEIL. 

